Insights From International Banking Inquiries 1908 1909
A U S Senate commission reports on banking systems in England France and Germany. London bankers briefed the panel with detailed answers while Paris officials and Crédit Lyonnais chief provided full information. The group aims to study monetary systems and propose changes ahead of the 1909 sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel
Virginia
Vreeland
New York
Overstreet
Congressional Commission
Europe
Kronprinz Wilhelm
National Monetary Commission Fieft
England
Germany
France
United States
London
Bank of England
Foxwell
Great Britain
Bank of
Great
National
Crédit Lyonnais
Paris
Aldrich
Andrews
Harvard
Berlin
Washington
Congress
Normandie Hotel Lease Revival Sets Stage for Restored Hostelry
The Hotel Normandie at 88th Street and Broadway will remain a hotel after Louis Harms and Louis Harkel leased the building’s seven upper floors for twenty one years in a $700000 deal with Herman Wronkow. The plan includes remodeling the first floor and basement into stores.
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88Th St
Broadway
Louis Harms
Louis Harkel
St. Louis
Herman Wronkow
General Earle
David B. Hill
Normandie
38Th St
Title Guarantee and Trust Company
Apartment House in a Trade Sold to Arnold Kaiser
The Sound Realty Company sold a six story elevator apartment house on a 99.11 by 100 foot plot at the northeast corner of 153rd street and Broadway. Erected by the Fluri Construction Company, the buyer gave in part payment Nos. 56 and 58 Lawrence Street, a six story new law house on a 650 by 100 foot plot between Amsterdam and Morning Side Avenues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Sound Realty Company
Arnold Kaiser
153Th St
Broadway
Fluri Construction Company
Kaiser
Lawrence St
Amsterdam
Morningside Aves
Six Story Apartment House Planned by Silverson London
Silverson London Construction to build a six story speculative apartment project on 113th Street west of Amsterdam Avenue. The brick facade will feature lime stone trim and measure 75 feet by 87.4 feet, housing twenty four suites at an estimated cost of $100,000. Architect is George F. Pelham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silverson-London Construction Company
Dowd to Build Two Five-Story Flathouses at Wadsworth and 184th
William J. Dowd will invest 110000 to erect two five story flathouses at the southeast corner of Wadsworth avenue and 184th street. Plans also call for a screen coal pocket forty two feet high at the J Rheinfrank Company coal storage plant on Avenue D south of 14th street at a cost of 2975.
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William J. Dowd
Wadsworth Ave
184Th St
J. Rheinfrank Company
Avenue D
14Th St
Business Invades 127th Street Corner Property Sale
The McKnight Realty Company and J. D. Cronin sold for the Farrington estate to Paul S. Bolger and Fred J. Davison a four story brownstone at the southeast corner of Madison Avenue and 127th Street. Parcel measures 18 by 76 feet and the house will be altered into business property signaling commerce moving into a formerly residential neighborhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKnight Realty Company
J. D. Cronin
Joseph O. Farrington
Paul S. Bolger
Fred J. Davison
Madison Ave
127Th St
Foreclosure auction at Vesey Street doubles as Varuna sale
In the Real Estate Exchange rooms Julius Braun bought the Varuna ten story apartment at the northeast corner of St and Broadway for 1450 dollars with about 50 thousand due and a 150 thousand mortgage. Other lots sold include Edgecombe avenue properties and Park Avenue area parcels with amounts due and taxes listed. Future offerings at Nos. 14 Vesey Street include 2910 Park Avenue corner 151st Street and Sherman Avenue parcels with figures shown for debts and taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Braun
Real Estate Exchange
Vesey St
Varuna
St. St
Broadway
Joseph P. Day
Edgecombe Ave
145Th St
State Bank
5Th Ave
Farmers’ L & T Co
P A Payton, Jr
Turner
Attys
JT Brady
Herman Heilberg
OConnor Sells Fairholm Apartment House on West 121st
William L. OConnor sells the Fairholm a six story elevator apartment house to 507 West 121st Street on a 75 by 95.11 foot plot adjoining the northwest corner of Amsterdam Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. O'Connor
Fairholm
West 121St St
Amsterdam Ave
Real Estate Deals In The City And Long Island
Folsom Brothers rent 149 East 18th Street a three story private house to a client for occupancy for a term of years. Simon and Atlas sell 78 Westhampton Long Island lots for immediate bungalow development to a client. They also sell 41 Underhill Avenue Brooklyn a four story tenement on a 27.6 by 77 foot lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Folsom Brothers
East 18Th St
C. B. MacDonald
Simon & Atlas
Edward and
Elvira Frank
Westhampton
Long Island
Underhill Ave
Brooklyn
Real Estate Transfers in Brooklyn and Manhattan Properties
E T Newman sold for Lilian Waddingham to a client the Alexandra apartments Nos 477 and 479 2d street Brooklyn a five story double brownstone building plot 44 by 90 feet. John Tilly No 474 1st street between Seventh and Eighth avenues a three story and basement fancy brick and stone box stoop dwelling with extension. Leonard Moody Real Estate Company sold to Specter Miller Company a plot of ten lots on East 70th Street near Avenue U for seventeen brick dwellings. The same buyers recently bought twenty lots on Avenue U and are improving with similar houses.
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E. T. Newman
Lilian Waddingham
Alexandra
2D St
Brooklyn
Mr. Newman
John Tilly
1St St
Seventh
Eighth Aves
Leonard Moody Real Estate Company
Specter-Miller Company
East 70Th St
Avenue U
Navy seeks tuberculosis cure with mercury injections
Surgeon Barton Lisle Wright reports in The New York Medical Journal that 19 patients in the New Fort Lyon naval hospital Colorado are receiving mercury injections for tuberculosis with promising results. Sixty five patients are on injections, 41 are not, most improvements are in general condition, while lung lesions largely remain unchanged. Officers live in repaired old houses. enlisted men in open air wards or tents, with officers more receptive due to education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Naval Hospital
New Fort Lyon
Colorado
Barton Lisle Wright
Navy
New York Medical Journal
State Knights Conclave Opens in Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls N Y Sept 1 The ninety fifth annual conclave of the Grand Commandery Knights Templar of New York opened this morning. A parade with a massed band was an inspiring feature as fifteen hundred uniformed knights from cities across the state marched the principal business streets. The ladies of the knights are present in large numbers.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Knights Templar
New York
Insurance chiefs urge Provident policyholders to elect directors
A letter from heads of fourteen state insurance departments to Arthur G. Langham urges Provident Savings Life Assurance Society to allow policyholders to elect at least five board members. Written during a Detroit convention, the message stresses restoring public confidence through policyholder involvement in governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur G. Langham
Provident Savings Life Assurance Society
the Provident
Detroit
Langham
Insurance
Fts
Soca
Grave fears for steamer Zon missing since July
San Francisco reports grave fears for the British steamer Zon missing after departing July 6 for Sydney via Apia and Auckland. Market quotes 50 percent reinsurance, but shipping circles doubt a loss, fearing an injury delaying her. Among ten aboard are the wife of Lieutenant Riddle USN and Chaplain and Mrs Patrick headed for Pago Pago.
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San Francisco
Sydney
Apia
Auckland
Riddle
Patrick
Naval Station
Pago Pago
Plans for Sixteen Story Office Building on Broadway
Plans filed for a sixteen story fire proof office building at 1182 Broadway adjoining Hotel Breslin replacing part of the Sturtevant House landmark. The Renaissance brick structure with limestone and terra cotta trim features a Doric column entrance and top Doric pilasters, designed by architect William L. Rouse for Century Holding Company at an estimated $600000.
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Broadway
Breslin
Sturtevant House
Old New York
Century Holding Company
William L. Rouse
Two West End Ave Deals In New York Real Estate
Goodale and Son sold a five story dwelling on a 200 by 100 foot lot at the northwest corner of 98th Street and West End Avenue to Robert Alexander, an investor, with the building used for private school purposes. Slawson and Hobbs sold 834 and 836 West End Avenue, two five story double apartment houses on a 030 by 100 foot plot, to A. Rudd Ward’s client as an investment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Goodale & Son
Robert Alexander
98Th St
West End Ave
Slawson & Hobbs
West End
A. Rudd Ward
Estate Sells 50th Street Brownstone Home
Payson McL Merrill sold for the estate of Albert T. Kelley a four story brownstone at 20 West 50th Street. The 24 by 1.5 foot lot will be remodeled into an American basement house by the new owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Payson McL. Merrill
Albert T. Kelley
West 50Th St
Real Estate Roundup: vários parcels change hands in city market
In brisk brokerage activity Douglas Robinson Charles S Brown Co and George F Tiffany sell four and one third lots at Hoe and Westchester avenues for Benjamin M Tucker. Slaweon Hobbs sell 26 West 95th street three story dwelling to occupant. Louis B Ralston sells 318 West 76th street three story with basement. Huberth Gabel sell 328 East 30th street four story to J H Kagan for Carpenter estate. Simon Atlas sell 560 and 562 East 158th street six story apartments. Edmund Frank sells 98 Jackson avenue five story flat. Louis Reiss sells 28 East 161st street to Mr McArdie for Peninamacoor Myar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Robinson
Charles S. Brown
Edmund Frank
Jackson Ave
Louis Reiss
Pefinamacoor & Myar
161St St
McArdie
Plans to convert four story stable into storage warehouse
Plans filed to alter four story Stable No 112 to 116 West 62d St into a storage warehouse with elevators. Change of occupancy for Ruth A Wallace as owner at a cost of 11000. Edwin Rossbach is the architect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth A. Wallace
Edwin Rossbach
Moving picture hall to become concert venue in Essex Street area
Plans filed to convert No 133 Essex St into a concert hall with a stage. Stein and Weiss named as lessees while D Felix Townsend remains owner. Fireproof dressing rooms planned for Nos 130 and 122 East 13th St for Joseph Baldenberger as owner. Architects Irving Markowitz and Lorenz F Weiher considered.
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Essex St
Stein & Weiss
D. Felix Townsend
East Lth St
Joseph Baldenberger
Irving Markowitz
Lorenz F. J. Weiher
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Trip
Congress Commission
America
Nme
Wom
Joshery
Franklin Street
Hotel Algonquin
West 44Th St
New York City
Frank M. Case, JR
Touraine
East 89Th ST
Ee E Lucerne
West 79Th ST
Dison Ave
Frederick
Tel Martinique
Gibbs & J’ Kirby
Broaiwey
Bast Oth Street
Tg Hargrave
Ee Eee SQ
B’way
71St ST
Otel Flandere
St— Air Shares
Thos. M. Carrol
Mer
Ruland & Whiting CO. Real Estate
Beekman ST
Bronx
Dobbs Ferry
Hudson
Esther Wood
Armour Villa
PR. J. Connelly
Brossway
REMCO
8Th Street
Renti
Tribune
Nassau St
Sith St
Columbus
W. H B
Tribune i
Country Property
Bound Break
N. 3
Watchung Mountain
Tigre
Surney
Danbury
Conn
Ise
Clark Estate
Broscway
Majestic St. Nicholas Avenue
E. Cor
A. P. Coburn
Courtenay
Central Park, West
Milano
West
58Th St
Park Ave
Robert
Dale Compton
Fifth Ave
M'Knight Realty Coo
Sth Ave
HE Langham
Central Park West
Sonoma
N. B Cor
55Th BT
HOTEL
Belleclaire
77Th ST
Riverside Drive
Kenilworth
Cor
75Th St
Berkshire
the Apthorp
78Th Bt
R. Wood &O
Beant
Lenox Hill
Bath
THE
J. Braun
Vesey Street
Hugh D. Smyth
151St St
A Murphy
G Landi
H A Knox
Atty
J T Brady
Joseph P Day
Sherman Ave
Hawthorne St
T Alexander
P O'Brien
Alexander & A
S Bevins
Villa Ave
van Cortlandt
Allerman Coa
Pistone
Dutton & K
LA Smitkin
State Knights
N. Conclave
Provident Life Board
City OF
Beil System
New York Telephone Co
N. J
50Th ST. House
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